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Residents in the northeastern town of Arsal Friday struggled to restore a sense of normalcy to the border region after days of heavy clashes as the Army beefed up security.

Dozens of families onboard cars and trucks were streaming back to the town in an attempt to check on their homes and the damage from five days of ferocious fighting between the Lebanese Army and Islamist militants from Syria.

The Army, which has not yet deployed inside the town, boosted security in the border region in the early hours of the morning and arrested a sniper who had helped jihadists during their gunbattle with the military.

Soldiers erected a key checkpoint near the town's infirmary, which was turned into a temporary base for the militants who overran Arsal Saturday after the arrest of a rebel commander by the Lebanese Army.